Bucs Come Up Just Short in Big Comeback Effort

January 2, 2013 at 6:52 pm

Grinnell, IA -- The Beloit College Women's Basketball team did everything they could in making up a big deficit in their first game of 2013. But they came up just short in a 62-55 loss at Grinnell College.

The Buccaneers were fighting from behind from the beginning. The Pioneers scored the first seven points of the game but Beloit put together a 7-2 run to pull back within 9-7 at the 15:34 mark. Grinnell got their lead back up to 18-11 over the next five minutes but a 12-3 run gave the Bucs their first lead of the contest at 23-21 with 6:31 left in the half on a Lana Wieseman layin. GC then closed the half on a 13-4 run to lead 34-27 at the break.

Grinnell continued their run in the first four minutes of the second half with a 13-2 run out of the lockerroom to lead 47-29. The Buccaneers started chipping away, outscoring the Pioneers 26-11 over ten minutes to pull within three at 58-55 with 2:59 remaining. But that was as close as they'd get as GC held on.